> > Jan Eden wrote: > > Tim McGeary wrote on 13.07.2004: > > > > > >>Wiggins d Anconia wrote: <snip> > >> > >>>>>Sort of. What I don't understand is why do you have to decide on > >>>>>the server side, post-request that the result will be in a new > >>>>>window? Couldn't the original "portal" page just use targets like > >>>>>normal? > >>>> > >>>>It's a database driven site and so, unfortunately, it is all > >>>>server side, at least for this purpose. So are you telling me > >>>>there's no real way in perl to do this? > >>> > >>>Right, but again, assuming the page they are linking from is driven > >>>then set the target at the time of the original display rather than > >>>during the link through? Aka the user goes to the site, is > >>>presented a list of links that are from search results, I am > >>>assuming they will click one of those links to see a detail > >>>listing, seeing that detailed listing in a new window is what you > >>>are after? Rather than trying to set the new window after the > >>>click, you set it when the list is presented originally. Perl isn't > >>>really involved in this because it is running on the server side, > >>>other than you will need to modify how your original result page > >>>(the one they click on) is displayed. > >> > >>That won't work (just tried it). I cannot set a target in the DB. > >> > > > > > > Sorry, if I do not get you right, but... can't your script provide a link list like this: > > > > <ul> > > <li><a href="detail.pl?id=1234" target="_blank">Item 1234</a></li> > > <li><a href="detail.pl?id=1235" target="_blank">Item 1235</a></li> > > <li><a href="detail.pl?id=1236" target="_blank">Item 1236</a></li> > > <li><a href="detail.pl?id=1237" target="_blank">Item 1237</a></li> > > </ul> > > > > This is what Wiggins meant when writing "modify your original results page" (as far as I understand him). It has nothing to do with the database nor with Perl. But it works, opening a new window when the user clicks on a link. > > > > - Jan > > Actually, I later realized this and indeed am looking into that > possibility. :) I guess I should have responded as such. Thank you > for the reminder. >
Yeh that is what I was getting at, obviously didn't do the best job explaining :-). (Tim, since you mentioned it was OSS I assumed you could manipulate the link providing script.) If *all* else fails you could always wrap the script call to the DB, with a second 'proxy' script that calls the original page, parses it, and dynamically adds the targets, but this is very *icky* compared to just modifying the original source. http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
